Comments on: BlogPrayers@aol.com http://preachermike.com/2005/02/10/110795237774297123 Sniffing out the work of God in the world... Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:22:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Gene Richards http://preachermike.com/2005/02/10/110795237774297123#comment-63222 Gene Richards Fri, 04 May 2007 04:23:20 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/?p=435#comment-63222 Please pray for Steve,50's, who was in a motorcycle accident. He has a broken left leg, separated shoulder, collapsed right lung, multiple rib fractures, carliac contusion, chest trauma. Please pray for God's will, healing, peace, strength for Steve, his wife, Gretchen and family in Jesus name. Thank You Jesus!!! God Bless You. Gene Please pray for Steve,50’s, who was in a motorcycle accident. He has a broken left leg, separated shoulder, collapsed right lung, multiple rib fractures, carliac contusion, chest trauma. Please pray for God’s will, healing, peace, strength for Steve, his wife, Gretchen and family
in Jesus name. Thank You Jesus!!!
God Bless You.
Gene

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]]> By: Mike http://preachermike.com/2005/02/10/110795237774297123#comment-2922 Mike Mon, 14 Feb 2005 12:02:00 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/?p=435#comment-2922 My prayer request is for my prodigal brother to return to God. This has been prayer for over 12 years now. It is a prayer God has answered over and over for me as he has protected him and sent Christlike people into his life and mine when I have been most discouraged. He has convinced me by His word that he has not given up on Ran but rather continues to "devise ways" that he may not be "estranged" from Him. However, it is very discouraging when the answer is so obvious and the hurt he brings to my sweet parents so painful. Thanks for the prayers. Jill - - - - Dear Mike My sweet friend Vicki is studying to take a real estate exam on 22nd of this month. Her life is not easy and she has had a recent robbery of her home. Thus focusing on her studies is a challenge. Presently she is living on government assistance and she desperately wants to improve her life. With no financial resources at all she has hopes of making a career in real estate sales. Please pray that she will be able to succeed in this venture and that the Lord will help keep her strong in her faith. I have had you and your family in my prayers with your recent tragic event. Anna My prayer request is for my prodigal brother to return to God. This has been prayer for over 12 years now. It is a prayer God has answered over and over for me as he has protected him and sent Christlike people into his life and mine when I have been most discouraged. He has convinced me by His word that he has not given up on Ran but rather continues to “devise ways” that he may not be “estranged” from Him. However, it is very discouraging when the answer is so obvious and the hurt he brings to my sweet parents so painful. Thanks for the prayers.
Jill

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Dear Mike
My sweet friend Vicki is studying to take a real estate
exam on 22nd of this month. Her life is not easy and she has had a recent robbery of her home. Thus focusing on her studies is a challenge. Presently she is living on government assistance
and she desperately wants to improve her life. With no financial resources at all she has hopes of making a career in real estate sales. Please pray
that she will be able to succeed in this venture and that the Lord will help keep her strong in her faith. I have had you and your family in my prayers with your recent tragic event. Anna

]]> By: P Watson http://preachermike.com/2005/02/10/110795237774297123#comment-2921 P Watson Mon, 14 Feb 2005 02:58:00 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/?p=435#comment-2921 This evening (Sunday) about 5:00 p.m., we received a call from our 20-year old daughter, who was returning to Abilene from a week-end in College Station (about a four and a half hour drive). She was having car trouble and the car had just quit running, somewhere between Temple and Gatesville. Those of you from these parts of Texas know that when you are between towns, it can be a long way to any services of any kind. We were on our way to meet with our Lifeteam, as we do every Sunday evening. A few phone calls later, she said she had been able to reach Gatesville. I was on the phone trying to locate someone who might know where she could get help. I first tried the phone numbers for a couple of churches of Christ in town, but got no answer. I called the police there and got some tips, and then went back to the phone book, calling every church of Christ. I finally got one where a member answered the phone. I explained our situation to the man answering the phone, and he inquired of our daughter's location, stating he would head there right away, even though that church was in the middle of evening services. I asked his name, and listened in amazement as he told me - his last name being my maiden name! We no doubt are related, having a not-so-common name and both coming from Kentucky. As I write this, my daughter is at this church member's home - waiting for her dad and one of our Lifeteam members to come get her and bring her home. What an awesome God we serve, that we can call a stranger - who is a brother - and find help for our need. Thank God for my brother Arnett in Gatesville TX. And to Tara - we would love to help you become involved at Highland. Call us at 673-5841. This evening (Sunday) about 5:00 p.m., we received a call from our 20-year old daughter, who was returning to Abilene from a week-end in College Station (about a four and a half hour drive). She was having car trouble and the car had just quit running, somewhere between Temple and Gatesville. Those of you from these parts of Texas know that when you are between towns, it can be a long way to any services of any kind. We were on our way to meet with our Lifeteam, as we do every Sunday evening. A few phone calls later, she said she had been able to reach Gatesville. I was on the phone trying to locate someone who might know where she could get help. I first tried the phone numbers for a couple of churches of Christ in town, but got no answer. I called the police there and got some tips, and then went back to the phone book, calling every church of Christ. I finally got one where a member answered the phone. I explained our situation to the man answering the phone, and he inquired of our daughter’s location, stating he would head there right away, even though that church was in the middle of evening services. I asked his name, and listened in amazement as he told me - his last name being my maiden name! We no doubt are related, having a not-so-common name and both coming from Kentucky. As I write this, my daughter is at this church member’s home - waiting for her dad and one of our Lifeteam members to come get her and bring her home. What an awesome God we serve, that we can call a stranger - who is a brother - and find help for our need. Thank God for my brother Arnett in Gatesville TX.
And to Tara - we would love to help you become involved at Highland. Call us at 673-5841.

]]> By: Tara http://preachermike.com/2005/02/10/110795237774297123#comment-2920 Tara Sat, 12 Feb 2005 18:06:00 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/?p=435#comment-2920 Phyllestine, I believe my friend Quaid is also in Montevideo with you. I will be praying for all of you there, and for your mother. I am sure you will have an amazing semester. Mike, I could use prayers for my trust in God to continue to grow. I feel like I have lost a bit of the relationship I had with him before I left home for college. And though I know my faith will be eventually stronger for these trials, right now I still need to grow in Him quite a bit. I also am trying to get more involved at Highland, to find a church family there, rather than warming a seat and being a spectator of the members there. Thank you for offering to pray for us, and for your willingness to share with us as we pray for you. Allowing us to see these glimpses into your life through your blog, your openness and honesty...many of us have been blessed, and I thank you along with everyone else. God bless. Phyllestine,
I believe my friend Quaid is also in Montevideo with you. I will be praying for all of you there, and for your mother. I am sure you will have an amazing semester.

Mike,
I could use prayers for my trust in God to continue to grow. I feel like I have lost a bit of the relationship I had with him before I left home for college. And though I know my faith will be eventually stronger for these trials, right now I still need to grow in Him quite a bit. I also am trying to get more involved at Highland, to find a church family there, rather than warming a seat and being a spectator of the members there. Thank you for offering to pray for us, and for your willingness to share with us as we pray for you. Allowing us to see these glimpses into your life through your blog, your openness and honesty…many of us have been blessed, and I thank you along with everyone else.
God bless.

]]> By: Drew Battistelli http://preachermike.com/2005/02/10/110795237774297123#comment-2919 Drew Battistelli Sat, 12 Feb 2005 02:53:00 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/?p=435#comment-2919 Wow... Prayers- That God clear my mind of all this petty stuff and fix my eyes on Christ. I want Him right there in front of me all the time, but it just isn't working. I want to find the answer of how to make worship ministry be Christ centered and not technical centered, and just let all the creativeness, energy, ideas, and whatever else you can think about in ministry have one huge arrows that just says "CHECK OUT WHAT GOD CAN DO!" That the church learn that "JESUS IS BETTER" (Passion 05) and that we share that with the world, because we suck at doing that right now, especially here in the US. For the military that they stay safe. For single parents, may God let those children and parents find peace and let Jesus come into their hearts and be the other parent needed to fall in love with and disciple the children. For all those searching for the truth in this world filled with so many answers, that when they find Jesus, it's not religion or us, it's Jesus! Back to what I keep thinking these last few weeks... That we figure out how to tell the world "JESUS IS BETTER!" than anything we can list. And that he consumes us, overwhlems us, and that we die so that He can use us. "JESUS IS BETTTER!" an't that right? Wow… Prayers-

That God clear my mind of all this petty stuff and fix my eyes on Christ. I want Him right there in front of me all the time, but it just isn’t working.

I want to find the answer of how to make worship ministry be Christ centered and not technical centered, and just let all the creativeness, energy, ideas, and whatever else you can think about in ministry have one huge arrows that just says “CHECK OUT WHAT GOD CAN DO!”

That the church learn that “JESUS IS BETTER” (Passion 05) and that we share that with the world, because we suck at doing that right now, especially here in the US.

For the military that they stay safe. For single parents, may God let those children and parents find peace and let Jesus come into their hearts and be the other parent needed to fall in love with and disciple the children.

For all those searching for the truth in this world filled with so many answers, that when they find Jesus, it’s not religion or us, it’s Jesus!

Back to what I keep thinking these last few weeks… That we figure out how to tell the world “JESUS IS BETTER!” than anything we can list. And that he consumes us, overwhlems us, and that we die so that He can use us. “JESUS IS BETTTER!” an’t that right?

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]]> By: Paul W http://preachermike.com/2005/02/10/110795237774297123#comment-2915 Paul W Fri, 11 Feb 2005 20:53:00 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/?p=435#comment-2915 Mike, Please know that we in Central Illinois continue to pray for all involved..... I have continued to be struck by the wonderful story you shared of the other churches in Abilene calling wanting to come to Highland and pray and be with the body there. I would seek prayer for the church everywhere (and particularly here) to become more open minded and willing to think outside our docrinal boxes and embrace a community of believers much more expansive than we formerly allowed ourselves to fellowship with. Even within churches of Christ in our area, I pray for more tolerance from others for our body that has embraced change and is seeking to be a light in the community rather than inwardly focused and narrow minded. Mike,

Please know that we in Central Illinois continue to pray for all involved…..

I have continued to be struck by the wonderful story you shared of the other churches in Abilene calling wanting to come to Highland and pray and be with the body there.

I would seek prayer for the church everywhere (and particularly here) to become more open minded and willing to think outside our docrinal boxes and embrace a community of believers much more expansive than we formerly allowed ourselves to fellowship with. Even within churches of Christ in our area, I pray for more tolerance from others for our body that has embraced change and is seeking to be a light in the community rather than inwardly focused and narrow minded.

]]> By: Mike http://preachermike.com/2005/02/10/110795237774297123#comment-2914 Mike Fri, 11 Feb 2005 19:36:00 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/?p=435#comment-2914 Thanks for these prayer requests. May God's presence and nurturing hand fall on all of you. Here are a few other prayer requests that have come into the temporary AOL account. - - - - Please pray for Dan Sharp who has colon/liver cancer. - - - - Please pray for Chad and myself as we take on the wonderful, but challenging, opportunity of leading a mission campaign to Germany this summer. Pray for God’’s blessings over us in all of the logistics and fundraising, and pray for those souls He might reach through our efforts. Thank you, Stefanie Anderson - - - - What a thoughtful thing to offer, Mike....there have been hordes of people praying for you here in Austin...our care group has been keeping up with everything thru emails I send out after we have gone thru your blogs... which are amazing!!! praise God for you, Diane, Matt, his wife, and Chris....you have set the bar for all of us to get out of ourselves and put our whole self in God's hands! We have a major prayer request...our dear friends, Marc and Jenny are in court right now to make permanent the small child they adopted 18 months ago as a brand new baby....the birth father (age 17) is fighting them saying he wants this child....and without going into detail....it is possible this will go to the jury tomorrow. We were in court as support to them today and Jenny testified and it was evident the LORD had his arms enveloped totally around her....Specifically pray that the jury will award Marc and Jenny this baby permanently and that the judge will not "throw a monkey wrench" in the verdict (ie. DNA being stronger than what is logically best for this child).... May God continue to bless you and your family and thank you for keeping us informed about your son and your vulnerability.... Sue Thanks for these prayer requests. May God’s presence and nurturing hand fall on all of you. Here are a few other prayer requests that have come into the temporary AOL account.

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Please pray for Dan Sharp who has colon/liver cancer.

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Please pray for Chad and myself as we take on the wonderful, but challenging, opportunity of leading a mission campaign to Germany this summer. Pray for God’’s blessings over us in all of the logistics and fundraising, and pray for those souls He might reach through our efforts.
Thank you,
Stefanie Anderson

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What a thoughtful thing to offer, Mike….there have been hordes of people praying for you here in Austin…our care group has been keeping up with everything thru emails I send out after we have gone thru your blogs… which are amazing!!! praise God for you, Diane, Matt, his wife, and Chris….you have set the bar for all of us to get out of ourselves and put our whole self in God’s hands!
We have a major prayer request…our dear friends, Marc and Jenny are in court right now to make permanent the small child they adopted 18 months ago as a brand new baby….the birth father (age 17) is fighting them saying he wants this child….and without going into detail….it is possible this will go to the jury tomorrow. We were in court as support to them today and Jenny testified and it was evident the LORD had his arms enveloped totally around her….Specifically pray that the jury will award Marc and Jenny this baby permanently and that the judge will not “throw a monkey wrench” in the verdict (ie. DNA being stronger than what is logically best for this child)….
May God continue to bless you and your family and thank you for keeping us informed about your son and your vulnerability….
Sue

]]> By: Ed Harrell http://preachermike.com/2005/02/10/110795237774297123#comment-2913 Ed Harrell Fri, 11 Feb 2005 17:39:00 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/?p=435#comment-2913 Hey Mike, The Wednesday before your son's accident, my Mom unexpectedly passed away. We did pray for all of those involved in the accident and continue to. She was a good, Christian woman and I know that she is happy and healed with Jesus. I'm still feeling a lot of deep regret that I didn't say some of the things that I wish I had said. I regret that I took her for granted far too much. I wish I had just quit being prideful and told her how much she meant to me. Five minutes would have been enough. I miss her in a new way each day. Please pray for me, my family, and especially my Dad who will be going through his first Valentines day alone in 38 years. Ed Hey Mike,

The Wednesday before your son’s accident, my Mom unexpectedly passed away. We did pray for all of those involved in the accident and continue to. She was a good, Christian woman and I know that she is happy and healed with Jesus. I’m still feeling a lot of deep regret that I didn’t say some of the things that I wish I had said. I regret that I took her for granted far too much. I wish I had just quit being prideful and told her how much she meant to me. Five minutes would have been enough. I miss her in a new way each day. Please pray for me, my family, and especially my Dad who will be going through his first Valentines day alone in 38 years.

Ed

]]> By: Jared Cramer http://preachermike.com/2005/02/10/110795237774297123#comment-2912 Jared Cramer Fri, 11 Feb 2005 15:18:00 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/?p=435#comment-2912 Mike, Please be in prayer for my friend Andrea and the family of John Nestor. She worked with him at American Eagle. He and his fiance were shot in their apartment and burned. It's a terrible situation and Andrea has never had anyone close to her die. http://www.dailymail.com/news/News/2005021021/ Mike,

Please be in prayer for my friend Andrea and the family of John Nestor. She worked with him at American Eagle. He and his fiance were shot in their apartment and burned. It’s a terrible situation and Andrea has never had anyone close to her die.

http://www.dailymail.com/news/News/2005021021/

]]> By: d http://preachermike.com/2005/02/10/110795237774297123#comment-2911 d Fri, 11 Feb 2005 15:07:00 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/?p=435#comment-2911 Having just completed an extended out of town job, Krl and I find ourselves exhausted. Physically, spiritually, emotionally, mentally. Our prayer is for renewal. To have an outward focus rather than inward. I need to remember that GOD doesn't like a backseat driver anymore than I do. Thank you for your prayers and concern. Having just completed an extended out of town job, Krl and I find ourselves exhausted. Physically, spiritually, emotionally, mentally. Our prayer is for renewal. To have an outward focus rather than inward. I need to remember that GOD doesn’t like a backseat driver anymore than I do. Thank you for your prayers and concern.

]]> By: JD http://preachermike.com/2005/02/10/110795237774297123#comment-2910 JD Fri, 11 Feb 2005 14:33:00 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/?p=435#comment-2910 Thank you for offering your prayers, Mike. Please pray that God will give me greater strength to move away from the frantic nature of my ministry into a more peaceful others-focused ministry. I can't find enough hours in the day to do all I've overcommitted myself to do. It leaves me empty. Thank you for offering your prayers, Mike. Please pray that God will give me greater strength to move away from the frantic nature of my ministry into a more peaceful others-focused ministry. I can’t find enough hours in the day to do all I’ve overcommitted myself to do. It leaves me empty.

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